Zelenskiy: Russia Deliberately Attacked Civilians at Train Station

A missile hit a train station where thousands of people had gathered to flee in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 50 on Friday, Ukrainian authorities said, as workers unearthed bodies from a mass grave in a town that has become the center of war crimes allegations against Russian troops.

Photos from the station in Kramatorsk showed the dead covered with tarps on the ground and the remnants of a rocket with the words “For the children” painted on it in Russian. About 4,000 civilians were in and around the station at the time of the strike, the office of Ukraine’s prosecutor-general said, adding that most were women and children heeding calls to leave the area before Russia launches a full-scale offensive in the country’s east.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other leaders accused Russia’s military of deliberately attacking the station in a city in Ukraine’s contested Donbas region. Russia, in turn, blamed Ukraine, saying its forces don’t use the kind of missile that hit the station — a contention military experts dismissed.

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[DavidLS]

Wouldn't our spy satellites be able to tell where the missiles came from?

[thelastnotary]

I don't know the truth but just to see people doubting and at least questioning the validity of everything makes me feel good

[graycatfan]

The world has a chance for the future when people have different point of view and are not led by politicians and social media like sheep.

[jekjek]

These are parts of the Tochka-U missile that Russia does not use, but is actively used by Ukraine - more than a dozen launches of the Tochka-u missile were carried out by the Ukrainian army in a month

[YUMLiberalTears]

Oh wow, "cluster munitions". Remember when the Azov Battalion used those in Donbas, Ukraine in 2014 to cleanse ethnic Russians? What a coincidence!?!

[nickjamesaz]

Fake false flag attack. The missile is a ukranian missle and had a trajectory coming from the ukranian front.

[happyface]

Some are saying it was a missile that Russia doesn't use anymore.

[dagooch]

Say it enough times and you don’t even need proof.

[radwordgames]

Why is the back of the rocket from western Ukraine, and the explosion was from the east? and why immediately after 4 minutes they reported that it was a Russian missile, although it looks like a POINT U missile, these missiles are used by Ukraine.

[ludaa]

Reading these comments I am so glad there are people who are educated and are not sheepish

[dbgmediainc]

So how do we know it was the Russians for real?

[truthg]

While I do agree this is the work of the Azov Battalion, I'm not so sure that Zelensky has any control over the Azov units.

[markusmuller]

In war, it is not easy to find out who died at the hands of whom.
Palestinians and Jews of German descent can explain this best.

[dayzreloadedpve]

This was carried out by Ukraine. Typically remnants of the bomb are nowhere to be found from impact, unfortunately for Ukraine this time it was found and it’s not a Russian missile, it’s from Ukraine.

[stinknut]

What kind of people believe this stuff?

[pgbpro]

Interesting how many will be dropping their first comment EVER on this video, claiming an entirely different narrative than Bloomberg/Zelensky.

[tipsygypsy]

Oh is it not a hoax this time? No ghost of kiev? Believe it this time huh?

[diannawilliams]

Almighty God, give Ukraine recompense on Putin & his war criminals for this great evil, in Jesus name we ask

[congluu]

Another fake stories and propaganda.
The rocket motor lies on a grass patch between a small parking lot southwest from the train station and the station itself. The area affected by the bomblets seem to be on the northern part of the train station. This indicates that the missile came from the southwest. This is consistent with the orientation of the rocket motor and how the soil moved at the crash site. Taking into account that a Tochka-U missile has a minimum range of around 15 km and a maximum range of 120 km this means that the missile has been fired from ukrainian controlled territory for sure.Tochka-U missiles are using by Ukraine army only, Russian are not using it by the way.

[MoriVin]

Thats a Tochka-U rocket, used exclusively by the Ukrainians. It's the same kind of missile that hit the center of Donetsk that killed 27 civilians 2 weeks ago...